and said, “[a]My Lord, if now I have found favor in Your sight, please do not [b]pass Your servant by. Please let a little water be brought and (A)wash your feet, and [c]rest yourselves under the tree; and I will [d](B)bring a piece of bread, that you may [e]refresh yourselves; after that you may go on, since you have [f]visited your servant.” And they said, “So do, as you have said.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 18:3 Or O Lord
  2. Genesis 18:3 Lit pass away from Your servant
  3. Genesis 18:4 Lit support
  4. Genesis 18:5 Lit take
  5. Genesis 18:5 Lit sustain your heart
  6. Genesis 18:5 Lit come to

And he said, “Now behold, my lords, please turn aside into your servant’s house, and spend the night, and wash your feet; then you may rise early and go on your way.” They said however, “No, but we shall spend the night in the square.” Yet he urged them strongly, so they turned aside to him and entered his house; (A)and he prepared a feast for them, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

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